Full-Time
Manager Site Reliability Engineering
Posted on 7/19/2023
Online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service
Mid, Senior
San Diego, CA, USA
- Proven track record of leading successful engineering teams
- Breadth and depth of experience building and running sophisticated software systems and highly scalable/available software
- 2+ years in a technical leadership or engineering manager role
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
- Lead a team of site reliability engineers (SREs), provide for and support critical applications and services supporting our platform and be directly responsible for maintaining PlayStation's stellar uptime record
- Responsible for end-to-end availability and reliability of critical PSN experiences such as sign-in, account, and game play - provide our customers & players with always-available, high-performing, amazing, and secure Play experiences
- Continually refine and improve existing processes through structured decision making and collaborative execution
- Drive adoption of industry standard methodologies and practices for Infrastructure as Code, deployment, observability, load & resiliency testing, and reliability
- Reduce toil and enable teams to operate and run their services thru automation and tooling
- Define and maintain standards for Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS) for onboarding of new features, products, and services
- Lead by example, care for your team, and establish credibility with the quality of your team's technical and operational execution
- Lead day-to-day team activities using the Agile/Scrum methodology
- Support and scheduling on-call rotations
- 5 years of work experience in a technical leadership role with a minimum of 1+ years in SRE/DevOps
- Hands-on experience in triaging and tuning Java cloud applications with integration into AWS managed services
- Knowledge of Linux, Scripting, automation, Cloud, infrastructure, and application monitoring tools (Prometheus, Datadog, Dynatrace); previous exposure to Kubernetes, EKS, or similar container orchestration systems
- Experience in deploying, operating, and running services in AWS or other cloud environments
- Experience with distributed systems / micro service architecture
Playstation's mission is to deliver new joy, excitement and awe to everyone. The company builds software and hardware for gaming consoles and content.
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Foster City, California
Founded
1994
6 month growth
↓ -18%1 year growth
↓ -25%2 year growth
↓ -21%Benefits
Health and wellness: Medical (PPO, HDHP, and HMO), dental, vision, disability, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, student loan repayment assistance, education reimbursement program, wellness reimbursement, identity theft protection, basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, business travel accident insurance, 4.5% 401(k) match, commuter program, additional voluntary programs (group legal, pet insurance, auto and home insruance), onsite flu shots and biometric screenings
Family and time off: 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, paid parental leave, adoption assistance program, 529 college savings plan match, back-up child care, parental and elder care coaching
Perks: Sony product discounts, passport perks program, monthly $10 Playstation Network voucher, employee referral bonus, game launch events